February, 2011
Volume 1, Issue 2
North Dakota SBIR/STTR R & D Funding for Tech. Entrepreneurs SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Jan. 25, 2011 CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – GOVERNMENT OPERATIONSIn This Issue SBIR/STTR Reauthorization p. 1 DoD Presolicitation p.1 Events and Conferences p.2 Useful Links p.2
Small Business Committee, said that working on a more permanent extension of Small Business Administration (SBA) programs is one of his top priorities.
2010, and is scheduled to expire Jan. 31.
The last long-term authorization (PL 108-447) of the SBA’s programs expired in October 2006. Since then, the programs have been reauthorized under short-term extensions. The most recent was signed into law (PL 111-251) on Sept. 30,
thorization of SBA programs by the end of the 111th Congress, but the two chambers were unable to come to an agreement after working on separate versions of the legislation.
SBA oversees a wide variety of loan and disaster-assistance programs and offers business Another Small-Business counseling and training to Extension Passes House ―Small businesses are going to independently owned small By Frances Symes, CQ Staff lead this economic recovery,‖ businesses — the kinds of he said, expressing hope that he businesses that members of The House on Tuesday passed the latest in a long series of short and other committee members both parties point to as some would work together to enact a of the most important job -term measures aimed at exmore permanent reauthorizacreators. tending the authorization for tion ―that will bring these pro- Lawmakers had hoped to Small Business Administration grams into the 21st century.‖ programs through May 31. complete a long-term reauThe bill (HR 366) passed by voice vote under suspension of the rules, an expedited process that limits debate and amendments. Bill sponsor Sam Graves, RMo., chairman of the House
Dept. of Defense STTR Presolicitation Small high-technology firms and research institutions are encouraged to jointly submit proposals to DoD for high quality cooperative research and development to solve the defense-related scientific or engineering problems set forth in the solicitation, especially those concepts that also have high potential for commercialization in the private sector.
UND Center for Innovation
The 2011.A STTR solicitation will open for receipt of proposals on February 28, 2011 and will close March, 30, 2011. Three DoD Components will participate in the STTR 2011.A solicitation the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The solicitation lists all the R&D topics
under which DoD is seeking proposals, and also contains detailed information on the parameters of the STTR program and how to submit a proposal. The complete solicitation may be accessed at http://www.dodsbir.net/ solicitation
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Events & Conferences 2011 National SBIR/STTR Spring Conference April 11-13, 2011, Madison, WI www.wisconsinsbir.org
Useful Links [ also posted on bottom of webpage www.zyn.com/sbir/ ] Dept. of Agriculture: USDA SBIR Dept. of Commerce: DOC-NOAA DOC-NIST Dept. of Defense: DOD
DARPA DTIC-Defense Technical Information Center MDA-Missile Defense Agency
Navy NGA-National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Grants.gov
Solicitations Search
Dept. of Transportation: DOT
ZYN.com
Environmental Protection Agency: EPA
Grants.gov
National Aeronautics & Space Administration: NASA
DTRA-Defense Threat Reduction Agency
UND Center for Innovation
PNL.gov
Department of Homeland Security DHS S&T Directorate DHS DNDO
Army
SOCOM-Special Operations Command
ZYN.com
Dept. of Energy: DOE Department of Health & Human Services NIH
Air Force
SBIR/STTR News
Dept. of Education: ED IES ED OSERS / NIDDR
National Science Foundation: NSF Small Business Administration: SBA
National SBIR/STTR Calendar www.zyn.com/sbir/cal/
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